Monday, May 19, 2014

What's your Quirk?

We had YeeHaw weather today. Much cooler than the upper 90's we have been having, with beautiful white clouds in a blue blue sky this morning.Perfect morning run/walk/jog weather.

Willie does not like to leave the house at early early to run up & down hills thru the oaks. I don't quite get why that is, but then about a mile out he sorta wakes up.

Willie trying to sleep in

He also gets cranky that I boot him out of bed so I can make the bed before we leave.Where the "must make the bed" before leaving the house quirk comes from I'm not sure. I had hoped that my immediate family would let this & a few other quirks go unnoticed all these years, and they have. But, a first cousin stopped by the other day and one of the first things she said was... "When I was little I always loved to stay with you, because you always slept with the windows open and one foot outside the covers, and you always made the bed first thing..."

"ah well," I said, "I still do."

I didn't tell her that when I was going through a teenage rough patch, I spent six months sleeping on the floor beside my perfectly made bed. I think it had something to do with rebellion that my bed had to be made just so to pass mother's inspection, or maybe I was just too lazy to make it to mother's standards. lol, I can't remember why I finally decided it was a heck of a lot more comfortable sleeping in a bed. Though the "have to make my bed" has remained with me, it does not appear to be gene related because none of my kids or grandkids have this quirk.

My mother raised me to make my bed first thing in the morning guaranteeing that the whole day would go better if I did. I believed it and did that my whole life until I met Ron. His mother raised him never to make the bed because if he did they would get bed bugs. Needless to say we had some serious discussions about that. His mother raised five boys and I think she made that up so she wouldn't have to hassle with them or make the beds herself.